Electric wire accommodation device and electric wire processing apparatus

Abstract

An electric wire accommodation device includes an accommodation device body, an electric wire reel being a reel around which an electric wire is wound and configured to be accommodated inside the accommodation device body, in which the electric wire is configured to be pulled out to outside of the accommodation device body and to be intermittently reeled out by a reel-out mechanism provided outside the accommodation device body, and an electric wire gripping member attached on a pull-out route in the accommodation device body along which the electric wire is pulled out and configured to grip the electric wire with a gripping force smaller than a reel-out force applied by the reel-out mechanism.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electric wire accommodation device comprising:
 an accommodation device body;   an electric wire reel being a reel around which an electric wire is wound and configured to be accommodated inside the accommodation device body, wherein the electric wire is configured to be pulled out to outside of the accommodation device body and to be intermittently reeled out by a reel-out mechanism provided outside the accommodation device body; and   an electric wire gripping member attached on a pull-out route in the accommodation device body along which the electric wire is pulled out and configured to grip the electric wire with a gripping force smaller than a reel-out force applied by the reel-out mechanism.   
     
     
         2 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the electric wire gripping member includes
 a pair of rollers configured to sandwich the electric wire between circumferential surfaces of the pair of rollers, each of the pair of rollers being rotatable about an axis; and 
 a gripping biasing member configured to bias a first roller of the pair of rollers toward a second roller of the pair of rollers with a biasing force corresponding to the gripping force. 
   
     
     
         3 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the electric wire gripping member is provided with a delivery port configured to deliver the gripped electric wire and is attached to the accommodation device body such that an attachment posture of the electric wire gripping member is adjustable such that the delivery port is opened toward the reel-out mechanism.   
     
     
         4 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a drawing mechanism attached on the pull-out route in the accommodation device body at a position closer to the electric wire reel than the electric wire gripping member and configured to draw the electric wire in a drawing direction opposite to a reel-out direction by the reel-out mechanism and to allow the electric wire to pass therethrough.   
     
     
         5 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the accommodation device body includes an accommodation shelf in which a shelf plate is horizontally bridged between a plurality of column members each of which is provided upright along a vertical direction,   the electric wire reel is placed on the shelf plate such that a reel axis extends along the vertical direction,   the electric wire is pulled out upward, then changes a direction thereof to a horizontal side to extend horizontally, and then is pulled out to the outside of the accommodation device body, and   the electric wire gripping member grips a horizontally extending portion of the electric wire.   
     
     
         6 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the accommodation device body is provided with an overhang portion overhanging toward the reel-out mechanism at a position above the accommodation shelf,   the electric wire extends horizontally on the overhang portion and is pulled out to the outside of the accommodation device body, and   the electric wire gripping member is attached to a portion where the electric wire and an edge portion of the overhang portion on a side of the reel-out mechanism intersect with each other.   
     
     
         7 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a plurality of the electric wire reels is accommodated in the accommodation device body, and   a plurality of the electric wire gripping members is attached to the accommodation device body such that respective one of the plurality of electric wire gripping members corresponds respective one of the electric wire reels and grips the electric wire of respective one of the electric wire reels.   
     
     
         8 . An electric wire processing apparatus comprising:
 the electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 1 ; and   a body mechanism including the reel-out mechanism and configured to reel out the electric wire by the reel-out mechanism and to cut a segment electric wire out of the electric wire, or to manufacture a terminal-equipped electric wire by crimping a terminal to at least one end of the segment electric wire.   
     
     
         9 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the electric wire gripping member is provided with a delivery port configured to deliver the gripped electric wire and is attached to the accommodation device body such that an attachment posture of the electric wire gripping member is adjustable such that the delivery port is opened toward the reel-out mechanism.   
     
     
         10 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 9 , further comprising:
 a drawing mechanism attached on the pull-out route in the accommodation device body at a position closer to the electric wire reel than the electric wire gripping member and configured to draw the electric wire in a drawing direction opposite to a reel-out direction by the reel-out mechanism and to allow the electric wire to pass therethrough.   
     
     
         11 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 10 , wherein
 the accommodation device body includes an accommodation shelf in which a shelf plate is horizontally bridged between a plurality of column members each of which is provided upright along a vertical direction,   the electric wire reel is placed on the shelf plate such that a reel axis extends along the vertical direction,   the electric wire is pulled out upward, then changes a direction thereof to a horizontal side to extend horizontally, and then is pulled out to the outside of the accommodation device body, and   the electric wire gripping member grips a horizontally extending portion of the electric wire.   
     
     
         12 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the accommodation device body is provided with an overhang portion overhanging toward the reel-out mechanism at a position above the accommodation shelf,   the electric wire extends horizontally on the overhang portion and is pulled out to the outside of the accommodation device body, and   the electric wire gripping member is attached to a portion where the electric wire and an edge portion of the overhang portion on a side of the reel-out mechanism intersect with each other.   
     
     
         13 . The electric wire accommodation device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 a plurality of the electric wire reels is accommodated in the accommodation device body, and   a plurality of the electric wire gripping members is attached to the accommodation device body such that respective one of the plurality of electric wire gripping members corresponds respective one of the electric wire reels and grips the electric wire of respective one of the electric wire reels.   
     
     
         14 . An electric wire processing apparatus comprising:
 the electric wire accommodation device according to claim  13 ; and   a body mechanism including the reel-out mechanism and configured to reel out the electric wire by the reel-out mechanism and to cut a segment electric wire out of the electric wire, or to manufacture a terminal-equipped electric wire by crimping a terminal to at least one end of the segment electric wire.